Dough I am confused, why a second receiver? Is this simply to prevent haveing to run extra wires so you can keep the receiver inside the balast box? If so thats pretty ingenious! I didn't know you could link and use two receivers at the same time.

BTW I may not post up much on your threads, but I read your posts with great interest!

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BDL, thanks for reading the thread! On the previous Trapeze Power Ballast Systems I've built, wires had to run from the "module" to the main hull and, in one case, with older heavier batteries from the sliding cart to the module to the hull!
On this boat there will be no wires between the TPBS and the rest of the boat and/or the sliding cart. Everything needed to make the system work is included in the module. The radio operates different channels on both receivers. This set up makes it a piece of cake to remove the ballast system-less than one minute. This is the first time I've done it but I have no worries.
The boat battery that powers the rudder servo and the mainsheet winch will have the biggest current draw so the bigger battery goes up front and the little battery powers the TPBS.
It's an absolute blast to sail with movable ballast-it sorta gives you more of the "feel" of sailing a fullsize boat where you are the ballast!

This picture of my first scow using a power ballast system clearly shows the wires running from the sliding cart to the module to the inside of the boat-very old fashioned and heavy now but 20+ years ago it worked well(very quickly)
and was terrific fun to sail:

Dominion 2-HW--Aerial Video

Our condo AC was just replaced and the new one needed some vibration dampening. The guy that did it also flies a state of the art drone and has agreed to take aerial video of the Fire Arrow and D2- for the fun of it! So there's a good chance we'll have some spectacular footage over the next year......

D2 Trapeze Power Ballast System

No, from my earlier boats I found out how much fun it is to sail with fingertip control of the ballast. Wouldn't consider automating it.
This boat will be my first experience using the TPBS on a foiler and my gut feeling is that manual ballast control will be just as much fun as on a non-foiler.

Dominion 2-HW

The balsa for the Trapeze Power Ballast System will be here tomorrow. And Irma, the most ferocious hurricane in a long time, may be here Sunday. Nothing may be here Monday-a very scary situation right now-hopefully Cuba will damage the storm ....

Yes it is. RIght there with you. Well on the other of Florida, but yeah. I have to work Sunday, haha. You sticking it out Dough? Looks like we will be. Hey positive side of things, there will be some good sailing winds the day before!

Yes it is. RIght there with you. Well on the other of Florida, but yeah. I have to work Sunday, haha. You sticking it out Dough? Looks like we will be. Hey positive side of things, there will be some good sailing winds the day before!

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Moving into a motel on the mainland. This condo is on the narrowest strip of land between the ocean and Banana River-less than a thousand feet.
First good news: projected wind strength when it gets up here "only" 120mph-beats 200+ any day.......
Good Luck BDL!

Thought to give you a heads up - so you can get done on-the-water photos of latest creation, before the New Zealand boys "scoop" you with theirs. Especially now that this concept of a monohull has been chosen for the next cuo. 2008 idea - eh ?

Vlad Murnikov
It all started with the SpeedDream.
Now the SpeedDream concept - in a little bit watered-down form - is used by all the major sailing classes and events - IMOCA, VOR and now America's Cup! That's amazing!
When back in 2008, I came up with SpeedDream concept, I had never imagined it would start a major revolution!

Images

Extreme Misery

No serious damage but the entire island infrastructure was damaged. No water, no power -have both as of today. Was a very nasty storm!
I think TNZ may choose a boat like Hugo Boss but add rudder t-foils so it will fully fly and not drag its back end around. Going to be interesting...

Hugo Boss without rudder T-foils(see video). With them she'd be faster and more controllable. Remove the cabin and you have an AC monofoiler.
Vlad is a real innovator and a very interesting guy to talk to!

Hugo Boss without rudder T-foils(see video). With them she'd be faster and more controllable. Remove the cabin and you have an AC monofoiler.
Vlad is a real innovator and a very interesting guy to talk to!]

Good to hear you are ok.

All videos of these boats show them screaming fast on a reach. I know they are designed for that because of the king of race they do, but I wonder how they sail upwind... any videos out there?

AC Monofoiler

There would be differences between the Vendee type and the AC monofoiler for sure but the Vendee type proved, for the first time, that full flying of a 60' keelboat is possible even though what Hugo Boss did was foil assist not full flying. I think the elements of technology are there that would allow excellent upwind performance with full flying off the wind. And upwind foiling of an AC monofoiler shouldn't be ruled out. I think the biggest question is how light a wind will foiling take place?
Many people ,for a long time, thought foiling with a keelboat was impossible but Hugh Welbourn proved it was possible with the 23' Quant 23-both upwind and off the wind. But what is even more remarkable about the Quant 23 is that it will take off in a 5 knot wind and foil upwind in 7-8 knots of breeze.
These new boats could be quite exciting.......

Dominion 2-HW / racks to shield foils

Possible simple but major idea to allow Welbourns "Q" foils to be used in rc model racing: using small carbon tubes a "rack" could be built very lightly on each side of the boat extending the overall beam to the same or a bit wider than the foils. This might be able to shield other boats from damage by the wide foils when both boats get close. Could be integrated into the Trapeze Power Ballast System eliminating the "trapeze" part. Also might work on a fullsize AC boat--hmmmm.